So jealous, I'm gonna get to see them next year, but it's not the same without Kim and The Breeders are not touring anymore I think, it's sad, Kim just have something that appeals me to see her live so much.
Me too. We bought tickets the day before, skived off work and travelled down to London on Weds afternoon. I'd been to London a few times before, but never to a gig. I will never forget the atmosphere. Got back home at 3am, didn't and couldn't sleep. Ticket is safe, still inside my Doolittle CD case.
Could you imagine having the Pixies be your opening band? You watch them from the wings as they finish Tame and when it ends the stage manager taps you on the shoulder and says "OK. You're up." Nightmare fuel.
@curragh 42 that's their fledgling years, Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde were unbelievable albums and a clear sign of a progressing band, plus all the years of touring the older material how can you say this isn't them at their peak?
@curragh 42 not live. They had a way thinner sound. Saw them on Doolittle and TDL tours. This performance is just more precise. Louder. Never seen Black Francis this committed to a vocal performance. The TDL tour was spectacular.
@curragh 42 I agree with Patrick, I don't think the turmoil is that important when talking about a band at their peak live, this is after all of those crazy long tours, they've adapted and perfected the older tunes, they've all become tighter and better musicians over that period of time, sure the earlier stuff had catchier songs on but would you say Nevermind was Nirvana's musical peak? No chance for me, and tbh I always find myself going back to Bossanova and Trompe more than the earlier material, I think they're better albums personally!
You know what I love about Frank Black? There is no attempt too strut around on stage and act 'cool' - he just stands there with his guitar and belts out great song after great song. He can let the music speak for him.
That's bcuz he's not, " A Rock-Star ! " Seeing 'Tool' is the same. Too Professional to dance around the Stage, like their Janet Jackson, or something. It's so impressive seeing those guys just standing there while this dark sounding music is inundating everybody.
The way Frank screams/growls the word "debaser" while Kim sings the same word like an angel, Joey's instrument whales/moans like a tortured woman, and David pounds away, pulsating, like blood pumping through it all ... THAT captures the Pixies for me. God, man, woman, and the devil, in every one of their songs, and their songs will live forever. Greatest band ever.
Nailed it. The way he screams the whole building down in River Euphrates too, "ONE SIP FROM THE SALTY WIIIINE"! It comes out of nowhere but fits perfectly and captures them as you said.
I bought Doolittle right after I graduated high school and I had just started a new job. I got off work at 11p, went to Tower Records (open til midnight 😎), got home and popped it in my cassette boombox. I remember thinking that I had a lot of living to experience, and this was going to make a great soundtrack for it. 35 years later, so far, so good.
He's technically the most proficient musician of the Pixies. The other including Frank Black are on the sloppy and quirky side but they're allowed to be because Lovering keeps the rythmic base tight otherwise it would be a total sonic mess.
00:00 Rock Music 02:14 Debaser 05:00 River Euphrates 08:27 The Happening 13:04 Allison 14:31 Velouria 18:11 Into the White 21:40 Bone Machine 24:46 Gouge Away 27:25 Hang Wire 29:26 I Bleed 32:07 Is She Weird 35:17 Letter to Memphis 37:53 Palace of the Brine 39:27 Planet of Sound 41:54 Where Is My Mind? 45:53 The Holiday Song 48:04 Break My Body 50:29 Blown Away 52:53 Here Comes Your Man 56:13 Subbacultcha 58:27 Mr. Grieves 1:00:40 Trompe le Monde 1:02:27 The Sad Punk 1:05:12 Monkey Gone to Heaven 1:08:21 Motorway to Roswell 1:11:52 Vamos 1:16:20 Head On 1:18:50 Tame
All four members contribute so much to the sound. Black Francis' bizarre intensity, Kim's backup vocals and sturdy baselines, Joey's strange and droning guitar lines, and David's solid drumming. Individually they are all great, then you put them all together and you get Pixies, one of the greatest bands of all time. A unique band indeed. There's nobody else like them
they are kicking as this summer - saw them 5 days ago in Belgium - the public got wild at one point - it was Incredible !!!! the Bass player is just who they needed - she plays fabulously well and loves being there .
The Brixton Academy has so many legendary gigs over its history. It's not the biggest venue but it's gotta be one of the best. In my experience anyway. Same for the Town n Country Club. I've seen 'big' bands play huge venues like Wembley or the 02 and it's just nowhere near the same.
what can be said of this performance that hasn’t been said before black francis, one of the great songwriters of all time, looks like he works in the nuts and bolts section of a hardware store, joey looks like a salsa dance teacher, kim is every alternative guy’s dream woman, dave is tight as a drum legendary screams, kim’s bouncy bass lines, joey’s guitar squeals, joey’s brother on 3rd guitar for no good reason the best setlist ever the best outro to a concert ever legendary
Probably best off at the front. I was slammed up and down off the floor by the tight pack of bodies during Veloria. Surreal seeing it back, calm and controlled on stage...
David Lovering slams the drums for all he's worth while Joey Santiago churns out the best riffs and the lovely Kim Deal reels out some great bass while singing her heart out. Meanwhile Charles Thompson IV sings and screams and shouts his way through some of the best songs ever written. I saw this tour in 1991 and was blown away. Velouria! Gouge Away!
I've discovered quite a few artists I left out of my life. Radiohead, The Smile, Lou Reed, but there is no new anything I got into is like the Pixies. I have no idea how this band flew under my radar. So grateful I can listen to these masterpiece performances. Great fans I met just having the love for this band.
@@lettucekisses Influenced many young people back then here in the States, myself being one of them. But yeah they were responsible for a lot of bands forming in England lol.
Only ppl in the USA give a flying f about that dumb little club. Here in the UK it means zero. Is it like a special corridor full of busts? We tend to just sign these bands, make them huge, like Hendrix and Nirvana then we tell you who you're own decent bands are, and of course all the best pixies and nirvana gigs they saved for England on account of how we embraced them while the USA was grooving to zz top and motley cru (i bet they're in the horridor of power though, no doubt). If I was in a band I'd be pretty ashamed of belonging to such a 'club'. I think you all saw what 'winning' a Grammy means to an artist from the UK (and Ed Sheerhan doesn't count cause I said artist, and I hope I've spelled his name wrong as well, or Harry homoerotic styles) when Aphex Twin showed his awe by not bothering to even send a cringe acceptance video. He just stayed at home and chilled and probably didn't even know or care if it was even on. Trust me, this 'Rock n Roll Hall of Fame' (hhhhh) means absolutely nothing outside of America. Nobody with any integrity gives it one second of space in their brain.
Totally agree with you because I believe you, I thought the same for me before reading you. It's a autentic beauty, and that is the true concept of the beauty, see a person doing for that she was making, it's the best. Sorry for my bad English, greetings from Mexico.
She is a striking beauty. I saw the Pixies live (my first time) a few months prior to this show. I was in high school back then and I spent most of the show focused on her. By the time they played 'Gigantic,' the entire room was looking at her . . .
I have seen a million bands in a trillion smokey bars, in a zillion alley ways,and on several different galaxies, and none can touch these guys... Play it again, and again, and again...
Kippenvel in the Netherlands. Beste dat ik ooit heb gezien. Ben kapot. Ben 61 en geluk dat ik de mooiste tijd in de muziekhistorie live heb mogen meemaken. Vorig jaar hartaanval en operatie doorstaan. Dit jaar kanker overwonnen. Dit is de kers op mijn bestaan. Nu wil ik 100 worden.......!
im also pretty young (im 16), i can say for certain that i was born in the RIGHT generation. we get to hear all the Pixies' music at the push of a button! we were born at the right time to hear these absolutely incredible bands.
I was horn in 1970...which meant I was able to watch this gig. Which I did. The atmosphere inside and outside the Academy was the most electric thing I've ever experienced. I have tried to educate my kids. 1 out of the 3 loves The Pixies. She didn't believe I was actually there, but I still have my ticket tucked inside the CD case of Doolittle. 😀
The Pixies are a Band that hit a certain part in the Mind, that causes involuntary reactions. It's really unexplainable. The chills, The Zone etc... & I think it's the same for Everyone who; 'gets it.'
Very well said. I remember "getting" the Pixies and was hooked for life. You really do have to "get" them and I feel sorry for people who haven't. I still rediscover old songs that I'd kinda forgotten about to this day and they never get old. Never got bored of them and I've been a fan since I first heard them at 15 years old, 15 years ago.
You're right The Pixies a greater band than generally given credit but Cobain cited The Pixies as one of his fav bands from one came many other bands remember you're really just hearing Black Francis on albums he is known for this he writes they play 😎👍🏻
So beautiful…..so young and original without pretense or gimmick they are truly one of the greatest and most unique rock bands . Original and unparalleled. They can go for thrashing punk reverb to melodic and hypnotizing in a single song.
Very well put considering that it is very difficult to categorise them. One of those rare bands that you really have to "get", let it "click" in your head and then you've discovered one of the best, most original bands in the history of music. There is nothing else like them, no matter how much people tried to copy them.
My God they were sooo amazing live! Their sound and energy influenced many artists after them. But, what's more exciting than that is not seeing a single f'ing cell phone in sight!!! Praise the 80's and 90's live performances for just rocking out!
Brilliant, i was there as a 25 year old, i arrived in London in 1988 from Dublin and I saw them at the Mean Fiddler in 1988, to this day its the best gig I was ever at. I just recently saw them last week in Dublin doing the Tromphe le Monde/Bossonova tour and will see the again outdoor in the Summer in Dublin. Have seen them maybe 30 times or more, lost count now😂 but still a great live band. 👍
0:31 / 1:21:15 Pixies.- Live at Brixton Academy 1991 (Full Show - Remastered) 504,921 vistas Subbacultcha 2580 suscriptores Publicado el 1 ago. 2016 The Pixies performed at the Brixton Academy, London, in June 26, 1991. Setlist: 00:00 Rock Music 02:14 Debaser 05:00 River Euphrates 08:27 The Happening 13:04 Allison 14:31 Velouria 18:11 Into the White 21:40 Bone Machine 24:46 Gouge Away 27:25 Hang Wire 29:26 I Bleed 32:07 Is She Weird 35:17 Letter to Memphis 37:53 Palace of the Brine 39:27 Planet of Sound 41:54 Where Is My Mind? 45:53 The Holiday Song 48:04 Break My Body 50:29 Blown Away 52:53 Here Comes Your Man 56:13 Subbacultcha 58:27 Mr. Grieves 1:00:40 Trompe le Monde 1:02:27 The Sad Punk 1:05:12 Monkey Gone to Heaven 1:08:21 Motorway to Roswell 1:11:52 Vamos 1:16:20 Head On 1:18:50 Tame
My cousin, God bless him, played me Frank's first solo album in 1995 and it blew my mind. It's taken me 25 years to hear everything he's done. I may be crazy but to me he's up there with Dylan, Keith Jarrett, Bowie, and only a few others. Feel really blessed every time I hear The Pixies, his solo stuff, and The Catholics.
This is a gem. The ability of to go from one song to the next is awesome without pause. Superb! Just shows how well rehearsed and devoted they were to the music and performance. I wish could have been at there concerts but.....i regress....Still lovely. All hail pixies!
The idea of being lucky enough to see this band at that time blows my mind. I saw them last year, and the music still holds up (obviously), but I can't imagine it would compare to witnessing this show in the flesh.
Unbelievable this is out there. Still the best concert I've ever seen live. 2 buds from school traveled over to school at Exeter for the summer and got back to London to see this show. Posed as reporters from Spin magazine, got in free. Backstage (or balcony room?) Been 25 plus years. Remember Modern English was there. Maybe Blur? Powerful band, great show.
41:54 The greatest performance of my favorite song ever. They played it slower, which is already rare, but they perfectly nailed the atmosphere too. Frank sounded so exhausted and heartfelt here Also that performance of Tame is absolutely insane holy shit
Underrated??? In what kind of world do you live? I think they got all the fame and recognition they deserve. Or do you mean they should be played at morning shows on silly major radio stations or in elevators or in supermarkets or should they make christmas singles with Beyonce? I like them as they are!!
Saw them just 4 days ago in a Belgian festival - Damn , they are still playing so well . They mostly played the 3 first albums and Frank was in his groove - aligning 22 songs without a word to the public - Full on business ! The public was set on fire and pushing / dancing like in the 90's . It was awesome . Didn't get to see them since their last 93 tour .
@@matthijsvanhulle3369 well , it was at the Werchter Festival ( 89 and 90 ) and also in Deinze around 93 i think + in 2017 somewhere in a festival close to Antwerpen . They are indeed coming back this year with the new album . I also saw Frank around 95 at the Pukkelpop festival and in Brussels for his solo tours ( Frank Black and the Catholics ) .
Well isn’t this the coolest thing ever. What a performance. Ballsy to open with the screamiest song of the bunch. Edit: dear holy god Tame was amazing.
WOW! This live gig video really blew me away! The energy, the passion, the near perfect chords (like the recordings) is very impressive. Wish I was there....
I was so lucky to attend their gig at Camden Town on 20 March 2023. Considering I had Surfer Rosa CD in my Walkman in 2000. Amazing lifetime journey with Pixies
0:01 Rock Music 2:13 Debaser 5:00 River Euphrates 8:27 The Happening 13:04 Allison 14:31 Velouria 18:11 Into the White 21:40 Bone Machine 24:46 Gouge Away 27:25 Hang Wire 29:26 I Bleed 32:07 Is She Weird 35:17 Letter to Memphis 37:53 Palace of the Brine 39:27 Planet of Sound 🌎 41:54 Where Is My Mind? 🧠 45:53 The Holiday Song 48:04 Break My Body 50:29 Blown Away 52:53 Here Comes Your Man 56:13 Subbacultcha 58:27 Mr. Grieves 1:00:40 Trompe le Monde 1:02:27 The Sad Punk 1:05:12 Monkey Gone to Heaven 🐵 1:08:21 Motorway to Roswell 1:11:52 Vamos 1:16:20 Head On 1:18:50 Tame Lyrics: Debaser, Gouge Away, Where Is My Mind?, Here Comes Your Man, Mr. Grieves, Monkey Gone To Heaven, Tame ======= Debaser ======= got me a movie i want you to know slicing up eyeballs i want you to know girlie so groovy i want you to know don't know about you but i am un chien andalusia wanna grow up to be be a debaser, debaser got me a movie ha ha ha ho slicing up eyeballs ha ha ha ho girlie so groovie ha ha ha ho don't know about you but i am un chien andalusia debaser ========== Gouge Away ========== gouge away you can gouge away stay all day if you want to missy aggravation some sacred questions you stroke my locks some marijuana if you got some gouge away you can gouge away stay all day if you want to sleeping on your belly you break my arms you spoon my eyes been rubbing a bad charm with holy fingers gouge away you can gouge away stay all day if you want to chained to the pillars a 3-day party i break the walls and kill us all with holy fingers gouge away you can gouge away stay all day if you want to =============== Where is My Mind =============== Oh - stop With your feet on the air and your head on the ground Try this trick and spin it, yeah Your head will collapse But there's nothing in it And you'll ask yourself Where is my mind? Where is my mind? Where is my mind? Way out in the water See it swimmin' I was swimmin' in the Caribbean Animals were hiding behind the rock Except a little fish bumped into me Swear he was trying to talk to me, coy koi Where is my mind? Where is my mind? Where is my mind? Way out in the water See it swimmin' With your feet on the air and your head on the ground Try this trick and spin it, yeah Your head will collapse If there's nothing in it And you'll ask yourself Where is my mind? Where is my mind? Where is my mind? Way out in the water See it swimmin' Oh With your feet on the air and your head on the ground Oh Try this trick and spin it, yeah Oh Oh ================== Here Comes Your Man ================== Outside there's a box car waiting Outside the family stew Out by the fire breathing Outside we wait 'til face turns blue I know the nervous walking I know the dirty beard hangs Out by the box car waiting Take me away to nowhere plains There is a wait so long (so long, so long) You'll never wait so long Here comes your man [4x] Big shake on the box car moving Big shake to the land that's falling down Is a wind makes a palm stop blowing A big, big stone fall and break my crown There is a wait so long (so long, so long) You'll never wait so long Here comes your man [4x] There is a wait so long (so long, so long) You'll never wait so long Here comes your man [13x] ========= Mr. Grieves ========= hope everything is alright hope everything is alright what's that floating in the water oh neptune's only daughter i believe in mr. grieves pray for a man in the middle one that talks like doolittle i believe in mr. grieves do you have another opinion do you have another opinion la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la got bombed got frozen got finally off to a finally dozing i believe in mr. grieves do you have another opinion opinion do you have another opinion do you have another opinion you can cry you can mope but can you swing from a good rope oh i believe in mr. grieves hope everything is alright hope everything is alright ==================== Monkey Gone To Heaven ==================== There was a guy An underwater guy who controlled the sea Got killed by ten million pounds of sludge From New York and New Jersey This monkey's gone to Heaven [x4] The creature in the sky Got sucked in a hole Now there's a hole in the sky And the ground's not cold And if the ground's not cold Everything is gonna burn We'll all take turns I'll get mine, too This monkey's gone to Heaven [x4] Rock me Joe! If man is 5 [x3] Then the devil is 6 [x5] Then God is 7 [x3] This monkey's gone to Heaven [x9] ===== Tame ===== got hips like cinderella must be having a good shame talking sweet about nothing cookie i think you're tame i'm making good friends with you when you're shaking your good frame fall on your face in those bad shoes lying there like you're tame uh huh huh tame
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I was there. I was 16. It was total chaos. It was amazing 🤘
I'm jealousy.
Saw them supporting Jane's Addiction and being supported by Primus a few months before in Brixton. Quite a night. :D
Me too, but I was 26 and Australian in London, on mushrooms and moshing out like my life was gonna end (it might have…)
So jealous, I'm gonna get to see them next year, but it's not the same without Kim and The Breeders are not touring anymore I think, it's sad, Kim just have something that appeals me to see her live so much.
Me too. We bought tickets the day before, skived off work and travelled down to London on Weds afternoon. I'd been to London a few times before, but never to a gig. I will never forget the atmosphere. Got back home at 3am, didn't and couldn't sleep. Ticket is safe, still inside my Doolittle CD case.
Could you imagine having the Pixies be your opening band? You watch them from the wings as they finish Tame and when it ends the stage manager taps you on the shoulder and says "OK. You're up." Nightmare fuel.
😂
They played like a million songs too!
They opened for U2 around this time.
They are shit now
That's no fuckin shit
the pixies in their prime
sparrowhead hawkins without a doubt
@curragh 42 They were still brilliant at the academy 2 years ago and hopefully will be next July supporting Pearl Jam in Hyde Park.
@curragh 42 that's their fledgling years, Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde were unbelievable albums and a clear sign of a progressing band, plus all the years of touring the older material how can you say this isn't them at their peak?
@curragh 42 not live. They had a way thinner sound. Saw them on Doolittle and TDL tours. This performance is just more precise. Louder. Never seen Black Francis this committed to a vocal performance. The TDL tour was spectacular.
@curragh 42 I agree with Patrick, I don't think the turmoil is that important when talking about a band at their peak live, this is after all of those crazy long tours, they've adapted and perfected the older tunes, they've all become tighter and better musicians over that period of time, sure the earlier stuff had catchier songs on but would you say Nevermind was Nirvana's musical peak? No chance for me, and tbh I always find myself going back to Bossanova and Trompe more than the earlier material, I think they're better albums personally!
You know what I love about Frank Black? There is no attempt too strut around on stage and act 'cool' - he just stands there with his guitar and belts out great song after great song. He can let the music speak for him.
He doesn't have to act cool, he just is.
Yeah and his very unassuming, average guy appearance just made him even more rock and roll.
Good musicians
100 % you ‘ re right!
That's bcuz he's not, " A Rock-Star ! "
Seeing 'Tool' is the same. Too Professional to dance around the Stage, like their Janet Jackson, or something. It's so impressive seeing those guys just standing there while this dark sounding music is inundating everybody.
If Gouge Away doesn’t still give you chills after all these years you are dead inside.
I have only listen to the intro, and today I just listen to the full song. Now I’m here, goosebumps.
@@cherrykoolaiddisasters You are doing it right!
i guess ya need ta be a pothead ta feel it
if the tame encore doesnt give you chills you're dead inside*
@@S.G.W.C. I will allow it.
Sigh, I'm still in love with Kim Deal till this day.
Ideal Gal. Plays Bas and v cute lol
Same
I sent her a paper-mail love letter when I was 15. That's was 1990.
are u lesbian and a moan?fuck her
Dammit! We all love Kim!
The way Frank screams/growls the word "debaser" while Kim sings the same word like an angel, Joey's instrument whales/moans like a tortured woman, and David pounds away, pulsating, like blood pumping through it all ... THAT captures the Pixies for me. God, man, woman, and the devil, in every one of their songs, and their songs will live forever. Greatest band ever.
Nailed it. The way he screams the whole building down in River Euphrates too, "ONE SIP FROM THE SALTY WIIIINE"! It comes out of nowhere but fits perfectly and captures them as you said.
Dude… get a fucking life asshole
fuck yeah
I bought Doolittle right after I graduated high school and I had just started a new job. I got off work at 11p, went to Tower Records (open til midnight 😎), got home and popped it in my cassette boombox. I remember thinking that I had a lot of living to experience, and this was going to make a great soundtrack for it. 35 years later, so far, so good.
@@angelotro so true
holy shit...Tame
Thought my pc was gonna break
Best closer, ever.
@@NuclearVagabond They finished with this at Leeds last year. Unbeatable.
holy shit... every song !! :)
Absolutely bonkers version!!! Without doubt, one of the wildest encores of all time. The delicious irony of the title never thicker!
The greatest incentive to build a time machine...
Not yet. They're not ready for us
Well I'm traveling 7 years to the past to say epic comment
Frank's screams are legendary!
It is blowing my mind every time when I hear that sounds of his voice) amazing
"ONE SIP FROM THE SALTY WIIIIIIINE!"
As the years go by I appreciate Dave Lovering more and more... He deserves way more credit. Love his drumming and everything!
David is such a drumming machine here, unbelievably tight
He's technically the most proficient musician of the Pixies. The other including Frank Black are on the sloppy and quirky side but they're allowed to be because Lovering keeps the rythmic base tight otherwise it would be a total sonic mess.
@@deadstar44 exactly! and the sloppiness Black Francis defines the sound
Dave smoking a doob during "where is my mind", we love to see it!
He's a fine drummer. Tight.
Pixies concerts from this era of their work deserved Stop Making Sense-esque treatment
00:00 Rock Music
02:14 Debaser
05:00 River Euphrates
08:27 The Happening
13:04 Allison
14:31 Velouria
18:11 Into the White
21:40 Bone Machine
24:46 Gouge Away
27:25 Hang Wire
29:26 I Bleed
32:07 Is She Weird
35:17 Letter to Memphis
37:53 Palace of the Brine
39:27 Planet of Sound
41:54 Where Is My Mind?
45:53 The Holiday Song
48:04 Break My Body
50:29 Blown Away
52:53 Here Comes Your Man
56:13 Subbacultcha
58:27 Mr. Grieves
1:00:40 Trompe le Monde
1:02:27 The Sad Punk
1:05:12 Monkey Gone to Heaven
1:08:21 Motorway to Roswell
1:11:52 Vamos
1:16:20 Head On
1:18:50 Tame
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Like a greatest hits of Deal Pixies. Absolutely shocking that something is so uplifting.
Thank you! x
This performance of Tame never fails to give me chills
The faces in the crowd are art, just pure energy.
that's the first time I've seen Frank without a guitar
Agree, is one of best songs played live in my opinion, this live versión is better than the Lp recorded versión for me.
i cried
All four members contribute so much to the sound. Black Francis' bizarre intensity, Kim's backup vocals and sturdy baselines, Joey's strange and droning guitar lines, and David's solid drumming. Individually they are all great, then you put them all together and you get Pixies, one of the greatest bands of all time. A unique band indeed. There's nobody else like them
Best two vocalists in alternative rock....Period! Kim sings like an angel and Charles is just so talented!
Definitely underrated
Not an angel, a pixie!
Kims vocals added so much to the songs. Charles and Kim together are magic.
Pity they treated her like shit
Whines like a wanker, you lot know jack shite about music
one of the only bands that will ever matter....so fucking original!
they are kicking as this summer - saw them 5 days ago in Belgium - the public got wild at one point - it was Incredible !!!! the Bass player is just who they needed - she plays fabulously well and loves being there .
The happening is so underrated what a tune
i know right? its so damn good
Definitely. One of my favorite song!
Incredible here.
the line my head was feeling scared but my heart was feeling free always gets me
I love how they bust right on through, no fucking intros and wasted time. They're all playing/singing/screaming their asses off, especially Frank.
Absolutely spec-fucking-tacular. Euphoric. Glorious.
The Brixton Academy has so many legendary gigs over its history. It's not the biggest venue but it's gotta be one of the best. In my experience anyway. Same for the Town n Country Club. I've seen 'big' bands play huge venues like Wembley or the 02 and it's just nowhere near the same.
I'm still watching it now and it never EVER gets old
what can be said of this performance that hasn’t been said before
black francis, one of the great songwriters of all time, looks like he works in the nuts and bolts section of a hardware store, joey looks like a salsa dance teacher, kim is every alternative guy’s dream woman, dave is tight as a drum
legendary screams, kim’s bouncy bass lines, joey’s guitar squeals, joey’s brother on 3rd guitar for no good reason
the best setlist ever
the best outro to a concert ever
legendary
If I could go back in time and be in the front row of any concert, this is it. The absolute peak of Pixies performances....
It’s between this and Primus at Woodstock in 1994 for me
Probably best off at the front. I was slammed up and down off the floor by the tight pack of bodies during Veloria. Surreal seeing it back, calm and controlled on stage...
David Lovering slams the drums for all he's worth while Joey Santiago churns out the best riffs and the lovely Kim Deal reels out some great bass while singing her heart out. Meanwhile Charles Thompson IV sings and screams and shouts his way through some of the best songs ever written. I saw this tour in 1991 and was blown away. Velouria! Gouge Away!
And what can you say about the 5th Pixie?
@@BMXOPHY The only cool thing I could say about Bob Santiago is that he's related to one of the greatest guitarists of all time lol
I've discovered quite a few artists I left out of my life. Radiohead, The Smile, Lou Reed, but there is no new anything I got into is like the Pixies. I have no idea how this band flew under my radar. So grateful I can listen to these masterpiece performances.
Great fans I met just having the love for this band.
U poor thing. They were the best thing we had in the late 80s early 90s
The Pixies: 4 people who had no business being in a band together and yet they became one of the most influential acts in America.
You said it perfectly
@@mark83175 one mistake, he said America and not the world.
@@lettucekisses Influenced many young people back then here in the States, myself being one of them. But yeah they were responsible for a lot of bands forming in England lol.
@@tripperdelaluna1 everywhere
@@lettucekisses english speaking world*, I doubt Pixies were that influential in hispanic, african or asian countries lol
This video ALONE.. Should be case enough for them to be in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.
Fuck the rock and roll hall of fame
Do you really want them in the same group with Kansas, journey, bon jovi,...
@@arrysarantidis1854 Kansas was pretty good.
Only ppl in the USA give a flying f about that dumb little club. Here in the UK it means zero. Is it like a special corridor full of busts? We tend to just sign these bands, make them huge, like Hendrix and Nirvana then we tell you who you're own decent bands are, and of course all the best pixies and nirvana gigs they saved for England on account of how we embraced them while the USA was grooving to zz top and motley cru (i bet they're in the horridor of power though, no doubt). If I was in a band I'd be pretty ashamed of belonging to such a 'club'. I think you all saw what 'winning' a Grammy means to an artist from the UK (and Ed Sheerhan doesn't count cause I said artist, and I hope I've spelled his name wrong as well, or Harry homoerotic styles) when Aphex Twin showed his awe by not bothering to even send a cringe acceptance video. He just stayed at home and chilled and probably didn't even know or care if it was even on. Trust me, this 'Rock n Roll Hall of Fame' (hhhhh) means absolutely nothing outside of America. Nobody with any integrity gives it one second of space in their brain.
Do they get inducted or initiated?
This is the best thing on youtube.
I concur
Yeah truly I played this video hundred of times
I dont think Kim could get anymore beautiful to me. Shes my ultimate crush. So beautiful. A natural beauty.
Totally agree with you because I believe you, I thought the same for me before reading you. It's a autentic beauty, and that is the true concept of the beauty, see a person doing for that she was making, it's the best. Sorry for my bad English, greetings from Mexico.
I hear you my 1991 self in junior high is crushing on her in this one!
She is a striking beauty. I saw the Pixies live (my first time) a few months prior to this show. I was in high school back then and I spent most of the show focused on her. By the time they played 'Gigantic,' the entire room was looking at her . . .
Im glad I'm not the only one who agrees.
Get back masher! She's mine forever!!!
Break my Body is the most beautifully wicked, haunting , and violent song of them all, yet gets no respect as one of their greatest songs written.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE that song too. So original and yet catchy at the same time. It's creepy and cute....
Take as a privilege that you liked it Bro !
i'm with you
it's so tragic and killing
i slap it on the ass evcerytime I listen to. Thats a compliment...
I have seen a million bands in a trillion smokey bars, in a zillion alley ways,and on several different galaxies, and none can touch these guys... Play it again, and again, and again...
The Bossa Nova Tour, no less.
Frank Black is fucking otherworldly in this.
Just one of the greatest bands of all time
What a band, what an era for music. Thank god for TH-cam so we can watch this over and and over again.
That setlist is OP.
Juggernaut
it lacks the mighty Hey and that gorgeous No 13 Baby
Every time I watch this show, I fell in love with kim deal.
best screamer ive ever heard. and i listen to a lot of metal.
Yes, there's just something in that scream
@@andrejsgulins3023 it sounds so raw!
Maybe tied with Zack de la Rocha, but yeah
Up there with Chris Cornell
Not one damn comment about how awesome Joey's shirt is?
Until now.
the only thing I am more jealous of than francis' guitars are Santiagos shirts
Well, now that you mention it, I do prefer it more than Frank's.
very awesome
I reminds me of the cover art one Fully Completely by The Tragically Hip the other greatest of all time
Kippenvel in the Netherlands. Beste dat ik ooit heb gezien. Ben kapot. Ben 61 en geluk dat ik de mooiste tijd in de muziekhistorie live heb mogen meemaken. Vorig jaar hartaanval en operatie doorstaan. Dit jaar kanker overwonnen. Dit is de kers op mijn bestaan. Nu wil ik 100 worden.......!
Ik geloof in je Herman!
I was born in 2006 but my dad introduced me to this band and I LOVE THEM!
im also pretty young (im 16), i can say for certain that i was born in the RIGHT generation. we get to hear all the Pixies' music at the push of a button! we were born at the right time to hear these absolutely incredible bands.
I was born in 1984 and my dad introduced me to this band too
parenting 101
me too, and I love them too
I was horn in 1970...which meant I was able to watch this gig. Which I did. The atmosphere inside and outside the Academy was the most electric thing I've ever experienced. I have tried to educate my kids. 1 out of the 3 loves The Pixies. She didn't believe I was actually there, but I still have my ticket tucked inside the CD case of Doolittle. 😀
22:47 Kim Deal up on her toes playing bass
jonanjello
Yes ~
out of the loop, is this a reference to something?
This is holy music.
The Pixies are a Band that hit a certain part in the Mind, that causes involuntary reactions. It's really unexplainable. The chills, The Zone etc... & I think it's the same for Everyone who; 'gets it.'
I get it….
Very well said. I remember "getting" the Pixies and was hooked for life. You really do have to "get" them and I feel sorry for people who haven't. I still rediscover old songs that I'd kinda forgotten about to this day and they never get old. Never got bored of them and I've been a fan since I first heard them at 15 years old, 15 years ago.
Pixies are one of the most underrated bands, they've had their sound from way before other bands like Nirvana
I think they've never been underrated
Not underrated, just underpopular
You're right The Pixies a greater band than generally given credit but Cobain cited The Pixies as one of his fav bands from one came many other bands remember you're really just hearing Black Francis on albums he is known for this he writes they play 😎👍🏻
So beautiful…..so young and original without pretense or gimmick they are truly one of the greatest and most unique rock bands . Original and unparalleled. They can go for thrashing punk reverb to melodic and hypnotizing in a single song.
Very well put considering that it is very difficult to categorise them. One of those rare bands that you really have to "get", let it "click" in your head and then you've discovered one of the best, most original bands in the history of music. There is nothing else like them, no matter how much people tried to copy them.
You're a gem for not putting ads in this. 80 minutes of pure gold ;)
29 amazing songs in 81 minutes!
My God they were sooo amazing live! Their sound and energy influenced many artists after them. But, what's more exciting than that is not seeing a single f'ing cell phone in sight!!! Praise the 80's and 90's live performances for just rocking out!
Joyous 1991, before smartphones and guitar tuner pedals were invented ;-)
Phone bad rock good
@@mercurial71 people still had digital tuners though
Amen!
This must be the most wild and brutal Pixies concert ever recorded
Brilliant, i was there as a 25 year old, i arrived in London in 1988 from Dublin and I saw them at the Mean Fiddler in 1988, to this day its the best gig I was ever at. I just recently saw them last week in Dublin doing the Tromphe le Monde/Bossonova tour and will see the again outdoor in the Summer in Dublin. Have seen them maybe 30 times or more, lost count now😂 but still a great live band. 👍
Epic ...Kim Deal has to have the strongest calves ...she stood on het tippy toes the whole Trompe le monde tour. Thanks for posting!!!
Every moment of every day, I'll bosssva wit cha, Charles
I'll bossanova witcha!
Into the white on this show ..made me play the bass ...
Forever grateful I saw this in real tIme!
This entire set is just f***ing incredible!
This just had me crying tears of joy and remembered teenage years
26:57 fucking amazing!
Right on. That's the highlight of the show for sure
Wow, that's one of the greatest live performances I've ever seen.
Love this performance. Band in their absolute prime, sound wise. No theatrics on stage. Just amazing musicianship. Kim is stunning too.
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Pixies.- Live at Brixton Academy 1991 (Full Show - Remastered)
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The Pixies performed at the Brixton Academy, London, in June 26, 1991.
Setlist:
00:00 Rock Music
02:14 Debaser
05:00 River Euphrates
08:27 The Happening
13:04 Allison
14:31 Velouria
18:11 Into the White
21:40 Bone Machine
24:46 Gouge Away
27:25 Hang Wire
29:26 I Bleed
32:07 Is She Weird
35:17 Letter to Memphis
37:53 Palace of the Brine
39:27 Planet of Sound
41:54 Where Is My Mind?
45:53 The Holiday Song
48:04 Break My Body
50:29 Blown Away
52:53 Here Comes Your Man
56:13 Subbacultcha
58:27 Mr. Grieves
1:00:40 Trompe le Monde
1:02:27 The Sad Punk
1:05:12 Monkey Gone to Heaven
1:08:21 Motorway to Roswell
1:11:52 Vamos
1:16:20 Head On
1:18:50 Tame
Thanks
Thank you. 😊
Thank you sir
My cousin, God bless him, played me Frank's first solo album in 1995 and it blew my mind. It's taken me 25 years to hear everything he's done. I may be crazy but to me he's up there with Dylan, Keith Jarrett, Bowie, and only a few others. Feel really blessed every time I hear The Pixies, his solo stuff, and The Catholics.
There is something in the Frank Charles Michael Black Kittridge Francis Thompson IV discography to speak to every mood.
You’re not crazy
Bowie complimented pixies!
Ha 😂. I remember the first time I heard the B-52's. Audience participation took on another definition. Been dancing ever since.
This is a gem. The ability of to go from one song to the next is awesome without pause. Superb! Just shows how well rehearsed and devoted they were to the music and performance. I wish could have been at there concerts but.....i regress....Still lovely. All hail pixies!
you digress.
This is a legendary concert
One of the best setlists ever
I agree
素晴らしい。何度観ても興奮がおさまらない。また彼らが日本で公演をやってくれることを心待ちにしている。
ちなみにこのライブは日本のテレビ局からスポンサーされていたので、それを気遣ってか、キムが曲の合間に何回か日本語を喋ってくれているのがとても愛らしい。
The idea of being lucky enough to see this band at that time blows my mind. I saw them last year, and the music still holds up (obviously), but I can't imagine it would compare to witnessing this show in the flesh.
They were so good at their peak. They were just so so good and exciting.
Great to hear so many Bossanova songs. My personal fav Pixies album, though they are all great.
their BEST album!!
Oh Wow! no other adjective needed, if this doesn't blow the listener away it's because they're cemented to the spot.
This is amazing, proper buffed up artifact.
Love the curious glances as Frank keeps his mouth tight shut on Bone Machine.
SOOOOMEone forgot their lyrics
So much for Carol.
That always makes me laugh. He is just staring into space like he is thinking about his groceries or something
I think he couldn't sing those lyrics because it was recorded for Japan
I was sixteen years old when I listen Pixies. I'm a fan for al of the rest of my life. It's major Rock/Pop group etc... Thanks Pixies
Unbelievable this is out there. Still the best concert I've ever seen live. 2 buds from school traveled over to school at Exeter for the summer and got back to London to see this show. Posed as reporters from Spin magazine, got in free. Backstage (or balcony room?) Been 25 plus years. Remember Modern English was there. Maybe Blur? Powerful band, great show.
Thanks for posting this excellent show 👍
I like how Kim stands on her toes to reach the mic.
I like how Kim (fill in with anything)
This show was aired in Japan 1991 as their first "LIVE" show, it was very shocking and here I feel same, great band!!
Now I understand why Kim says thanks in Japanese at the end of some songs.
what a setlist! Lucky fans, this must have been one of the best shows of their lives
41:54
The greatest performance of my favorite song ever. They played it slower, which is already rare, but they perfectly nailed the atmosphere too. Frank sounded so exhausted and heartfelt here
Also that performance of Tame is absolutely insane holy shit
I'm so glad my parents showed me the pixies as a kid. Driving from OC to Laguna Beach on weekends with this on full blast, those were the times.
Quite possibly the most influential band of all time in many sublime ways!!!
This captured them at their peak and it is a perfection encapsulation of their weird ass sound that I wholly love.
What a playlist ! And almost as much classics missing...
listening to this recording for 25+ years and still getting chills
I would've turned 2 at this show. Can you imagine that? Crowd-surfing baby being flung around and shit. It would have been awesome.
"flung around" 😂
Probably the most underrated rock band of all the time!
Underrated??? In what kind of world do you live? I think they got all the fame and recognition they deserve. Or do you mean they should be played at morning shows on silly major radio stations or in elevators or in supermarkets or should they make christmas singles with Beyonce? I like them as they are!!
I agree! or Can (Damo Suzuki era)
Saw them just 4 days ago in a Belgian festival - Damn , they are still playing so well . They mostly played the 3 first albums and Frank was in his groove - aligning 22 songs without a word to the public - Full on business ! The public was set on fire and pushing / dancing like in the 90's . It was awesome . Didn't get to see them since their last 93 tour .
Where did you see them in Belgium? They are coming this year back
@@matthijsvanhulle3369 well , it was at the Werchter Festival ( 89 and 90 ) and also in Deinze around 93 i think + in 2017 somewhere in a festival close to Antwerpen . They are indeed coming back this year with the new album . I also saw Frank around 95 at the Pukkelpop festival and in Brussels for his solo tours ( Frank Black and the Catholics ) .
Well isn’t this the coolest thing ever. What a performance. Ballsy to open with the screamiest song of the bunch. Edit: dear holy god Tame was amazing.
WOW! This live gig video really blew me away! The energy, the passion, the near perfect chords (like the recordings) is very impressive. Wish I was there....
Me too man
I'm always amazed and curious how Frank can maintain so much composure.
I was so lucky to attend their gig at Camden Town on 20 March 2023. Considering I had Surfer Rosa CD in my Walkman in 2000. Amazing lifetime journey with Pixies
Incredible... This has got to be one of their best recorded performances
my fav certainly
And full sound with 3 guitars.
Both voices in River Euphrates are so perfect. Euphrates means good siblings :)
Seen them a few days before this performance in Manchester.This reminds me how Great they were and what a Unique band they were.
0:01 Rock Music
2:13 Debaser
5:00 River Euphrates
8:27 The Happening
13:04 Allison
14:31 Velouria
18:11 Into the White
21:40 Bone Machine
24:46 Gouge Away
27:25 Hang Wire
29:26 I Bleed
32:07 Is She Weird
35:17 Letter to Memphis
37:53 Palace of the Brine
39:27 Planet of Sound 🌎
41:54 Where Is My Mind? 🧠
45:53 The Holiday Song
48:04 Break My Body
50:29 Blown Away
52:53 Here Comes Your Man
56:13 Subbacultcha
58:27 Mr. Grieves
1:00:40 Trompe le Monde
1:02:27 The Sad Punk
1:05:12 Monkey Gone to Heaven 🐵
1:08:21 Motorway to Roswell
1:11:52 Vamos
1:16:20 Head On
1:18:50 Tame
Lyrics: Debaser, Gouge Away, Where Is My Mind?, Here Comes Your Man, Mr. Grieves, Monkey Gone To Heaven, Tame
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Debaser
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got me a movie
i want you to know
slicing up eyeballs
i want you to know
girlie so groovy
i want you to know
don't know about you
but i am un chien andalusia
wanna grow
up to be
be a debaser, debaser
got me a movie
ha ha ha ho
slicing up eyeballs
ha ha ha ho
girlie so groovie
ha ha ha ho
don't know about you
but i am un chien andalusia
debaser
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Gouge Away
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gouge away
you can gouge away
stay all day
if you want to
missy aggravation
some sacred questions
you stroke my locks
some marijuana
if you got some
gouge away
you can gouge away
stay all day
if you want to
sleeping on your belly
you break my arms
you spoon my eyes
been rubbing a bad charm
with holy fingers
gouge away
you can gouge away
stay all day
if you want to
chained to the pillars
a 3-day party
i break the walls
and kill us all
with holy fingers
gouge away
you can gouge away
stay all day
if you want to
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Where is My Mind
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Oh - stop
With your feet on the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
But there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Way out in the water
See it swimmin'
I was swimmin' in the Caribbean
Animals were hiding behind the rock
Except a little fish bumped into me
Swear he was trying to talk to me, coy koi
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Way out in the water
See it swimmin'
With your feet on the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
If there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Way out in the water
See it swimmin'
Oh
With your feet on the air and your head on the ground
Oh
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Oh
Oh
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Here Comes Your Man
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Outside there's a box car waiting
Outside the family stew
Out by the fire breathing
Outside we wait 'til face turns blue
I know the nervous walking
I know the dirty beard hangs
Out by the box car waiting
Take me away to nowhere plains
There is a wait so long (so long, so long)
You'll never wait so long
Here comes your man [4x]
Big shake on the box car moving
Big shake to the land that's falling down
Is a wind makes a palm stop blowing
A big, big stone fall and break my crown
There is a wait so long (so long, so long)
You'll never wait so long
Here comes your man [4x]
There is a wait so long (so long, so long)
You'll never wait so long
Here comes your man [13x]
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Mr. Grieves
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hope everything is alright hope everything is alright
what's that floating in the water
oh neptune's only daughter
i believe
in mr. grieves
pray for a man in the middle
one that talks like doolittle
i believe
in mr. grieves
do you have another opinion
do you have another opinion
la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la
got bombed got frozen
got finally off to a finally dozing
i believe
in mr. grieves
do you have another opinion
opinion
do you have another opinion
do you have another opinion
you can cry you can mope
but can you swing from a good rope
oh i believe
in mr. grieves
hope everything is alright
hope everything is alright
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Monkey Gone To Heaven
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There was a guy
An underwater guy who controlled the sea
Got killed by ten million pounds of sludge
From New York and New Jersey
This monkey's gone to Heaven [x4]
The creature in the sky
Got sucked in a hole
Now there's a hole in the sky
And the ground's not cold
And if the ground's not cold
Everything is gonna burn
We'll all take turns
I'll get mine, too
This monkey's gone to Heaven [x4]
Rock me Joe!
If man is 5 [x3]
Then the devil is 6 [x5]
Then God is 7 [x3]
This monkey's gone to Heaven [x9]
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Tame
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got hips like cinderella
must be having a good shame
talking sweet about nothing
cookie i think you're
tame
i'm making good friends with you
when you're shaking your good frame
fall on your face in those bad shoes
lying there like you're tame
uh huh huh
tame
I wish I could have been there. But it was 12 years before I was born 😢
What a brilliant show! I wish they still played The Happening, there's plenty of songs in their catalog that are fantastic and could use some love!
I was lucky enough to be at this gig. It is the second best concert I have ever seen. Glorious.
who's the first???
The best live band I ever saw was the Jam.
The best live band I ever saw was The Jam.
I still want Kim Deal in 2019. Pixies tattoo since 89.
They were so far ahead of their time, it still feels like modern rock!!!
Way better than stupid modern rock
david lovering's drumming . . all the individual band members' styles changed the world !
Que desgracia para mi, venir a conocerlos recien el 2000.......!!!!! en 1991 yo tenia 18 años pero andaba sumergido el en rock de los 70s!!!
They're absolutely puddled. So original. Literally could be from another planet. Beautiful
El mejor concierto de la historia!!!!!!!
Wow!!! What an absolutely brilliant show!! The whole crew was locked in for that one!!